For we do not easily expect evil of those whom we love most.

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Autobiography and memoir

For we do not easily expect evil of those whom we love most.

In the original Latin

Non enim facile de his quos plurimum diligimus turpitudinem suspicamur.

Peter Abelard

1132

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Autobiography and memoir

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1132 Middle Ages

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Peter Abelard

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Citation

Abelard, Pierre. Historia Calamitatum [The History of My Calamities]. c. 1132.

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